by Emanuel Cohn | Oct 18, 2018
Emanuel Cohn Former Shaliach in Montreal (2001-2003) Currently Teaching Film and Judaism (“Torah mi Cinema”) From “Lech lecha” to “Lechu lachem” Our Parsha opens with the bombastic overture of Avraham leaving Charan in order to...
by Assorted | Oct 24, 2018
Rabbi Daniel Wolf Former Shaliach in Cleveland (2000-2001) Currently Director of Account Management and Systems at Five Blocks Bracha and Brit in Breishit and Beyond Source...
by Assorted | Oct 24, 2018
Rabbi Shai Finkelstein Former Rosh Kollel in Memphis (2000-2005) Currently Rabbi of Nitzanim Shul The Challenges of Humanity from Genesis to the present Source sheets...
by Rabbi Baruch Weintraub | Nov 12, 2017
Baruch Weintraub Former Sgan Rosh Beit Midrash, Toronto (2011-2014) Currently Rabbi of Tel Mond Lech Lecha – Go West, Young Man! As talmudic sages and biblical commentators have pointed out, Hashem used a seemingly redundant word when commanding Avraham to...
by Rabbi Herzl Hefter | Nov 10, 2016
Rav Herzl Hefter Former Rosh Kollel in Cleveland (1995-1997) Source Sheets Lech Lecha – audio...
by Rabbi Yonatan Rosensweig | Nov 9, 2016
Rabbi Yonatan Rosensweig Former Rosh Kollel in Melborune (2006-2009) Currently Community Rabbi in Beit Shemesh Avraham’s Faith At the beginning of our parsha we learn that Avraham is commanded to come to Israel. He is to leave everything behind and follow...
by Rabbi Herzl Hefter | Oct 22, 2015
Rav Herzl Hefter Former Rosh Kollel in Cleveland (1995-1997) Source Sheets Are You My Mother – audio...
by Rabbi Ilan Goldman | Oct 21, 2015
Rabbi Ilan Goldman Former Rav-Shaliach, Bnei Akiva England Currently Executive Director of Project Aseret Speak the Language of the Hebrew Man Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi, in his masterpiece The Kuzari, discusses the Hebrew language, ‘Ivrit’. The Midrash explains that...
by Rabbi Emanuel Cohn | Feb 16, 2015
Rabbi Emanuel Cohn Former Avrech in Montreal (2001-2003) Founder of “Torah MiCinema” – Teaching Film and Judaism This Shabbat we celebrate the third Parsha of the Torah: Lech Lecha. Abraham (actually: Abram) is being told by God to leave...
by Liat Jackman | Feb 25, 2015
“After Abram had lived in Canaanfor ten years, his wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian her slave, and gave her to her husband Abram as a wife. When [Hagar] saw that she was pregnant, she looked at her mistress with contempt. Sarai said to Abram, “It’s all...
